- Ctenochelinae Manning, R.B. & Felder, D.L. 1991. Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(4): 764-792 [784].
Type genus:
Ctenocheles Kishinouye, 1926. - Gourretiinae Sakai, K. 1999. Redescription of Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926, with comments on its systematic position and establishment of a new subfamily Gourretiinae (Decapoda, Callianassidae). Crustaceana 72(1): 85-97 [95].
Type genus:
Gourretia De Saint Laurent, 1973. - Pseudogourretiinae Sakai, K. 2005. Callianassoidea of the world (Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Crustaceana Monographs 4: 1-285 [230].
- Dawsoniinae Sakai, K. 2006. A new subfamily, Dawsoniinae in the Callianassoidea Dana 1852 (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). Crustaceana 79(10): 1275-1278 [1276].
- Ctenocheloidae Sakai, K. 2011. Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs 13: 1-616 [595-596].
- Pseudogourretiidae Sakai, K. 2011. Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs 13: 1-616 [507-508, 523].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [115, Figures 16, 17]
Introduction
Ctenochelids are a diverse family of burrowing ghost shrimps united only by the unusual dactylus on pereopod 5. None is common. Apart from general observations about habitats nothing is known of their ecology. Some are from shallow sediments but others are known only from claws captured at depth. Genera formerly included in Ctenochelidae s.s. and Gourretiidae are included in the one family (Poore et al. 2019; Robles et al. 2020). Keys to species in Sakai (2011) are useful for some genera but his taxonomy differs markedly from that of the most recent comprehensive revision (Poore et al. 2019).
Diagnosis
Scaphocerite simple, triangular. Maxilliped 3 dactylus slender, digitiform. Pereopod 5 subchelate, dactylus a twisted plate longer than finger. Uropodal exopod without elevated dorsal plate, or with margin divided by notch.
Diagnosis References
General References
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146
Robles, R., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Poore, G.C.B. & Mantelatto, F.L. 2020. A molecular phylogeny of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) with morphological support. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 113-132
Sakai, K. 2011. Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs 13: 1-616
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 29-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 15-Jul-2020 | ADDED |
- Ctenocheles Kishinouye, K. 1926. Two rare and remarkable forms of macrurous Crustacea from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 11: 63-70 2 figs [63] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926 by monotypy. - Tosacallianassa Sakai. K. 2016. One new species of a new genus, Tosacallianassa gen. nov., in a new family, Tosacallianassidae fam. nov., from Tosa-Saga, Kochi Prefecture, Japan (Decapoda, Callianassidea. Crustaceana 78(11): 1353–1368 [813].
Type species:
Tosacallianassa hatasagaensis Sakai, 2016 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poore, G.C.B. & Dworschak, P.C. 2017. Family, generic and species synonymies of recently published taxa of ghost shrimps (Decapoda, Axiidea, Eucalliacidae and Ctenochelidae): cautionary tales. Zootaxa 4294(1): 119–125 [Date published 17 Jul 2017] [122]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic and west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
General References
Holthuis, L.B. 1967. A survey of the genus Ctenocheles (Crustacea: Decapoda, Callianassidae), with a discussion of its zoogeography and its occurrence in the Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science 17(2): 376-385
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [118]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 01-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| 05-Aug-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 16-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-May-2012 | 08-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |
Species Ctenocheles collini Ward, 1945
- Ctenocheles collini Ward, M. 1945. A new Crustacean. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(3): 134-135 1 pl. [134 pl. 13].
Type data:
Holotype QM (lost), Mud Island, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM W3536 3 specimens, Mud Island, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known from type locality and its vicinity.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, burrower, low intertidal, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth to 40 m.
General References
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [137]
Poore, G.C.B. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1979. The Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(6): 217-321 [277]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2012 | 08-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |
- Paragourretia Sakai, K. 2004. Dr. R. Plante's collection of the families Callianassidae and Gourretiidae (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) from Madagascar, with the description of two new genera and one new species of the Gourretiidae Sakai, 1999 (new status) and two new species of the Callianassidae Dana, 1852. Crustaceana 77: 553-601 [568–569].
Type species:
Gourretia phuketensis Sakai, 2002 by original designation. - Heterogourretia Sakai, K. 2017. A second report on material from Dr. Mortensen’s collection of Thalassinidea and Callianassidea (Decapoda) in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. Crustaceana 90: 1117–1144 [1126, 1129–1130].
Type species:
Gourretia aungtonyae Sakai, 2002 by original designation. - Tuerkaygourretia Sakai, K. 2017. A second report on material from Dr. Mortensen’s collection of Thalassinidea and Callianassidea (Decapoda) in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. Crustaceana 90: 1117–1144 [1126, 1133].
Type species:
Tuerkaygourretia galathea Sakai, 2017 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [121]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 15-Jul-2020 | ADDED |
- Gourretia coolibah Poore, G.C.B. & Griffin, D.J.G. 1979. The Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(6): 217-321 [278 figs 38, 39].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 66-75 ♀, 346 km ENE of Troughton Is., Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [137, 146]
Generic Combinations
- Paragourretia coolibah (Poore & Griffin, 1979).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, burrower, continental shelf, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 58 m.
General References
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [137]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772 | 01-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Gary Poore |
| 05-Aug-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 16-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 26-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 09-Dec-2011 | 09-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 08-Dec-2011 | 08-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |